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 ###Instrução: Quantos corredores tiveram colocações acima de 8?
 ###Tabelas: CREATE TABLE race_record (race_record_id AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, Race VARCHAR, Dist (f) INT, Course VARCHAR, Prize (£K) INT, Runners INT, Placing INT, Margin VARCHAR, Jockey VARCHAR, Trainer VARCHAR) CREATE TABLE settlements_by_population (settlements_by_population_id AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, Rank INT, Town VARCHAR, Population INT, Year INT, Borough VARCHAR, Definition VARCHAR) CREATE TABLE bowling_average (bowling_average_id AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, Player VARCHAR, Team VARCHAR, Matches INT, Overs VARCHAR, Wickets INT, Economy Rate VARCHAR, Average VARCHAR, Strike Rate VARCHAR, BBI VARCHAR, BBM VARCHAR) CREATE TABLE highest_average_points_per_race_entered (highest_average_points_per_race_entered_id AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, Driver VARCHAR, Entries INT, Points INT, Average points per race entered INT, Average pre-2010 INT) CREATE TABLE controversy (controversy_id AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, Category VARCHAR, Frequency VARCHAR, White VARCHAR, Brown VARCHAR, Black VARCHAR, Amerindian VARCHAR, Yellow VARCHAR, Total VARCHAR, difference between White and Black INT)  
SELECT COUNT Runners FROM race_record WHERE Placing > 8